from “Silkweed”
by Philip Henry Savage
1 Softly, as if instinct with thought,
2 They float and drift, delay and turn;
3 And one avoids and one is caught,
4 Between an oak-leaf and a fern.
Use the excerpt to answer the question.
When reading the poem according to its punctuation, which line would require the reader to come to a complete stop?
A. line 1
B. line 2
C. line 3
D. line 4
I THINK IT IS line 4
PLS HELP
I'm just going to go with line 4
Yes, line 4.
To determine which line in the excerpt would require the reader to come to a complete stop when reading the poem according to its punctuation, we need to analyze the punctuation marks within each line.
In this specific excerpt, we have a series of independent clauses (complete thoughts) separated by semicolons. A semicolon generally indicates a pause in a sentence, but it does not require the reader to come to a full stop.
However, the line that would require the reader to come to a complete stop is the one without any punctuation at the end, which is line 4: "Between an oak-leaf and a fern."
Therefore, the correct answer is D. line 4.